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Newspaper Page Text-THE OREGON ' DAILY JOURNAL, PORT.LAND. . WEDNESDAY KVENINQ, : MAY". 13,;;1808. 1. TODAY'SJMRKETS BOOSTERS JUGGLE TRUTH Claim AH Sorts oHMces Are Being raid Are Selling, at 8c Tound. ' Wholesale market features: Hop boosters juggle with truth. . . Chittlm bark peal Is on. . -.:. Three cars eastern eggs coming. Local eggs firm and unchanged. - California onions are lower. .. s New potatoes not so high. .'' Oregon berries: In good supply. -New local turnips arriving., . ' California, strawberries steady.' Steelhead t salmon is out. - .,- - , Hop Boosters Juggle With Truth." . Boosters of hop prices at this time are -. getting very-careless with the. way. they are handling the figures of purchases. To' one party a" buyer will state that ucn ana sucn a lot soia at c. 1 o an other It. would be So and still another perhaps 6c a pound. Every effort Is being made -to put prices higher, how ever, because growers must be induced , to cultivate and take care of their ' crops ere the boosters lose .money and are bumped quite severely for Belling 'Something that is' not, yet produced. Jate advices from the east state that the hoosters of price here are bears there. for thev have been ofierina- to ' sell 19v8 hops to the brewing trade de- livery time optional with the' seller, as low as 8c a pound t." o. b, Portland. While the short sellers are talking of neu pniTrg iu cvme uuririg ins tvvo-v season, they are not spending any of their money In that direction, and In stead of helping the hopgrower to! ob tain higher prices, are actually selling to the eastern trade n't less than the cost or production.. . In order to hold up their. end of the string somewhat the boosters are enlisting every publication "land every means they can apply. They 'are quoting fictitious sales at country points in fact privately they do not deny this; and are talking of severe losses , In the acreage elsewhere. The New York Producers Price Cur rent says of the general market: 'The marke( continues quiet, but the undertone the past week has been a 4rlfle firmer, -dwlng to continued Inquiry Tor est remaining quality. ioca:i we hear, of a pale of 170 bales of Ore' .gong at 6 Vic. and more business could be done at this price, but holders 'are asaing sugntiy mgner figure, on me coast there has been some exnnrt buy Ing In Oregon at 5 5 He, and some small lots have been bought by dealers at rrom 3r4Hc, Washington and Call fornla markets have been quiet, but principally because growers will not sell at prices being offered. Very little new contracting is reported, although a lew . have been made at Sc for next year, and 9 10c for a term of three years. The crops are making good" headway, and if properly cultivated the usual vinld can be expected, ex rent In Call fornla, where the dry weather has un doubtedly hurt the vine. In New York state the markets have been fairly ac tive, several hundred bales of -poor to Yai-r tintiN lift irlnir hMn sulri fit 7 &) 1 1 e A'rop news is unchanged, but the vine flias made a good start, notwithstanding hackward weather lately. There are no now reatures from England or the con tinent. Slew Tork Prices. State, .1907, choice, per pound.. 12 State,- 1907, prime. 9 State, 1907. medium 6 Pacific coast, 1807, choice 7 Pacific coast, 1907, prime SVi paclflo coast, 1007, medium Germans, 1907, prime to choice. 25 (State. 1906.-......, 6 Pacific coast, 1906. , 3 California Onions Are Lower. Lower values are ruling in the mar ket here for California onions. With the sharp decline in primary values dur ing the past few days reds' are quoted along Front street today at 13, and the market Is not over firm at that figure. The stocks are not near as good as ex pected. Because of the larger supplies of red onions, however, there ia a cut of 6c per crate ruling on Bermudas to day. For single crates the price is 13.50. with five-case lots moving at $3.40 a crate. Onion values are dropping very fast in the south, and within the next week or so- will likely go to the bottom. SuddIIcs of redii ere increasing ' verv fast. The Bermudas are still of very good quality. New California potatoes are in larger supply, with prices shaded. i Oregon grown turnips are now coming to market in small lots, and are being sold at 12Hc a bunch. More Oregon Berries Coming. Supplies of Oregon strawberries are Increasing along Front street, and the price la lower. One firm was offering valley stock at 10c a box, but the gen eral market was around 12Hl5c, be cause of the better quality than the fruit from California. Berries from the south are likewise in large supply; and re selling from 31 to 11.66 per crate of IB boxes. Brief Votes of the Trade. Steelhead salmon la almost out of market, and but scant supplies of chl nooks are shown at this time. Local eggs are firm, with unchanged prices ruling. Dressed meat arrivals are good, but the market Is udolng better than last week. Asparagus supplies are showing but little Increase, and prices are held steady. - ' Front street sells at the following prices. Those paid shippers are less regular commissions: Ornin. Tlour and Kay. WHEAT Board of Trade Club. Met bluestem. 91e; red, 86Hc; Willam ette valley, 89c bushel. Ktvtjit Batrn Oregon petentu 4.66: straights, SS.8S;, exports, 13.45 13 60! valley. $4.46; graham, Hs. t4.liT: whole wheat. 14.48; rye, 60s, $6.60; bale - MILL8TUFF8 Hoard of trade Bran. $26; middlings. $30.60, shorts. $27 it 28.50; chop, $27.60 per ton. HAT Producers' arlce Timothy Willamette valley, fancjr tit; ordin ary, iii.evuii; eastern Oregon. 110 17: mixed. Itooitf.60: clover. .m grain, ( ); cheat, ( ); alfalfa, $11911. - i uunru ui i raue eeci. $24.60; rolled, 2728; brewing, $26. ' OATS Board of Trade No. 1 white. $27 5028: gray. $27 ner ton. CHITTIM BARK Nominal: ; Batter, Tggn and routrjr. .', BUTTER FAT Delivery f. o. b. Port land; sweet cream, 22Ho; sour, 20fce Jb . BUTTER Extra creamery, 24o; ATTACK OREGON EGGS i AND HELP EASTERN 4 Much indignation is being ex- 4 pressed by Front street tner- 4 chants over the repeated attacks 4 against Oregon eggs by a morn- lng paper. The latest utterance 4 says that Our eggs are of very poor quality and that Front 4 street is taking "out the .best. ones for storage and selling the 4 others.- ;Thls is, proven false be-,' cause storage j operations -are, 'nominal. According to the trade 4 the attacks seem to be directed by those whs are bringing in 4 three cars of eastern eggs and want to.'niW the reputation of; Oregon quality- in iorder to mrke more - monf y - on their ' outside stock. '.- -; f . .''--..'' ' .v .-, . , 4 i ... - . : ;,!.,,, PIHX031ED1CLE IS . " NOW BEING GATHERED 4 The peel of chittlm- or cas 4 cars bark Is now on In full swing throughout the Pacific, 4 4 northwest, where most of the 4 world's supply is gathered. This 4 "bark- Is used In almost every spring tonic At the, present time the available " supplies of , old bark are enormous and but low prices are offered peelers. -': . : , v.-i -.-.-v ' ' fancy. 22 Vic; ordinary, 2021 Vie; store, Ike. EGK3S Extra fancy,., candled, 130 C-iEESE Full mam, fiats. J 4 0 1 4 H c half skimmed,-llo lb; Young Americas, 15 He per id; ctfuuornia xoung Am ericas. 16c. flats. 14o lb. POUl-TKiE Mixed . cmcaens, ivs I4Jic lb; fancy hens, 14Htf 16c; roosters. Ota, 1UC per to: iryera, vkvsdg iu broilers. 2025c lb: geese, bid. 8ai9o lb turkevs. alive. 15iDl7o per lb: dressed, l20c lbs sauabs. $2.60 dosen; pigeons. $1.26 dosen; dressed , poultry, iwl.lso per lb. nlgher. v alo d Wool and Cities. HOPS 1907 crop, first prime, 6 Ho prune. 4Vto; meuiuia io prime. c; tun dium. &o lb: 10 crop. Qlo lb contracts. 1908: IQIKo lb. WOOL 1908 VVlllamette valley, 119 izc. MOHAIR 1908 Nominal 18e. HIDES Dry hides. Ilt013o lb; salt. 4 06c: areen. le less: calves, green. t7c: kips, le lb: bulls, green salt, tHftiHolb. . 6KEEPSKINB Ebearlng. iSt0o each; stiort wool. 3ec4c; medium. wood, boctjiii eacc; long wool, iOc $1.26 eacn. TALLOV? Prime, otr 1U 3ca4. No. i and grease, IO- . Trults a&4 gegctainesv POTATOES Select. 75c. selling: buy Inc, Willamette valley, 4660c; eastern olultnomab and CittcKamas. Ke-t,ao per cwt: sweets, titic: new potatoes, 8c. ONIONS Bermuda, $2.60 per 60 lb crate: 6 crate lots, $z.4U per crate; Cal ifornia red. $3 Der cwt: garlic. .25c lb. APPLES Seieot. - IS: f-ney, - 2.36 2.50: choice, $2.00: ordinary. $LB0. FRESH FRUITS Oranges, $8.00 9 C A . t1 a... 1 U . amaj41 m Im.UV f UtXItM (IKS), V 7J V U savt)St a emons, $33.76 box; grapefruit, $2.60 8.60; pineapples, $4.60p6.60 dos; straw berries, California. fl1.65 per IS box crate: Oreaon. 10fiil5c box. VEGETABLES Turnips, new Oregon, 12 He bunch; beets, $1.00 Back; parsnips, 5c4J$l, cabbage, 31.60WZ; , . . ,v. t VlnwTttr. A Of. An A F. O UrKan $2.5002.75; beans, ll12c; cauliflower, uregon. t ) per dos; peas, uregon, ( 8c, California. 5 46c; horseradish, 8 10c lb; artichokes, b0W 75c doz; green onions, lzHc doa; peppers, bell, .oc; Chile. 15c lb: hothouse lettuce. $101.50 box; head lettuce, 2530c doz; cucum bers, hothouse, local, I1W1.50 aoz; raa Ishes. 15c dot. bunches: rhubarb. Ore gon, 2; celery, ( ); cranberries, eastern, $9410. 50: sprouts, 8c lb; as paragus. Oregon. 70 476c doz bunches Walla Walla $l1.2a box; spinach, 80 Vf boo box. Orooeries. XTuts. Cto. SUGAR California & Hawaiian Re finery Cube, $6.80; powdered, $6.65; berry . 65: dry granulated. 6.45: XXX granulated, $8.46; conf. A., $6.46; extra a., .uu; goiaen u., io.du; u., yonow, 65.76: beet cranulated. 16.35: bar rels, 16c; half barrels, 30c; boxes, 66c tuvancB on sack oasis. (Above prices are 89 days net cash quotations.) HON1CY $3.60 per erst. COFFEJE Package brands, $16.50. 8AL,r Coarse uali irouna. 100a $11.00 per ton; 60s, $11.50; table, dairy 60s, $16.50; 100s, $16.00; bales, $2.36; imported Liverpool, 60s, I2t,.bw: ir-us, 119.00; 4s, 18.00; extra fine varrets, 2a Sm and 10s. 14.50 to 6.60: Llveruool lums rock, $20.60 per ton. inaa car tots, car iota at special prices subject to 'iurtuatlona. RICE imperial Japan, No. 1. c: No- 2. 6Hii5c: New Orleans, head. 7c: Ajax, ( ); Creole, 5o. HEANB small wiute, 4.75; large white. 34.76: Dink. $3.86: bayou. $3.85: Llmas. $6.86; Mexican teds, ( ). MUT peanuts, juiqdo. sc per lb; Vlralnls. GKc per lb: roastM. to per lb; Japanese. 3eyc; roasted, 8ttl per )b; walnuts, California, is ier lb; rlne nnta, 16o per lb; hicaory nuts, 0e per lb; brasil nuts, 16c- per lb; fil berts, 16c per ir; rancy pecan, ityzur pet lb; lmoiida. ICc. Seats. 71 m and Provisions. DKlvSSlCl MEATS rronv strett Hogs, faney, 8o lb; ordinary. 77c; large) t e; veal, extra, IhiQSo per lb; oi ry, 7c per lb; heavy, 6i7c -r. lb; mutton, fancy. lua per lb; "spuing lamb, with pelts, 10c; witnoui pens, uiginc. rlAMS, UACVJJ, si j. ruriisnu pica (local) hams, 10 to 12 lbs., 15c per lb.; 14 to 16 lbs.. 14VaC per lb.; IS to 20 lbs., 14 "Ac: breakfast bacon. HSx-'Ho per lb; picnics, 10c per lb; cottage roll, llo lb; regular uhort '.-tears smoked. llHe per lb; unsraoked, 10 Ho per lb; clear backs, unemoked, lOHc; smokedi llfto; Union cutis, l to io id; unsmoxe Hi- oar lb: smoked. 18c per lb: clear bellies, unsmoked, llo per lb; smoked, 14c per lb; shoulders, llo per lb; pickled . tOUgUkS, 04 oaca. LOCAL. LA RD -Kettle leaf. 10s: 120 per lb; 6s, 11 o er lb; 60-lb tins, 12 So per lb; steam rendered, 10s, lltio per lb; 6s, 11 He per lb; compound, lvs. 8 Vc per lb. Rock cod. 13Ho lb: flounders. 6c lb; halibut, 56c per lb; stripe- bass, loo per id: cameo, uc per id. sal mon, chlnook, Sc per lb; steelhead, 7c ?er lb; herrings , 5c . per lb; soles, c per lb; shrimps, loc per lb; perch, to ptr lb; tomcod. 11c per lo; per lb; cravtrlsh, 15o per dosen; stur1 geon. 12 Ha per lb; black baaa. 10o per lb; silver smelt, C7o per lb", sturgeon. 13 Ho lb; black cod. 7ttd lb; .crabs, $1.001.60 doz; shad, 3c; roe shad. 8c; shad roe, 12 Vic lb. OYSTERS Shoal water bay, per gal lon. 13.50: per 100-lb sack, 36.00: Olym- ria. per gallon, 83.40; per 100-lb sack. t.008.50; Eagle, canned. 60o can; IT dosen; eastern in shell. 1.7 per hun dred. ' CLAMS Hardshell, per box. I3.4; razor clams. 33.09 cer bos: lOo per doa Faints, Goal OIL Sta. ROPE Pure manlla. 13c; sUndard. llc. siaal Hc; I. B. sisal. 8fcc Coal Oils Iron Bbla Casea Wood Bbla Water White . 10 Ho 140 Pearl Qjl . 18 13V.0 19fco sees 11 O e 14 o II Head Light . ICocene Special W. W. Elaine Kxtra Star ... IB O 31 Gasoline . Iron Bbla Cssea V. M. and P. Naphtha ...12 Ho lHc Red Crown Gasoline..... to Ho 22Ho Motor Gasoline ........ .I6H0 22Hc 81 per cent Oaaollne ...I o 17 He No. I Bnciis Dlstlllata. c II c BENZINE 88 deg cases, lHo per gal; iron bbls,13Hc per gal. TURPENTINE In cases, 72c per gal; wood bbls, 69c per gal. LINSEED OIL Raw, bbls 49c; cases Itc; boiled., bbls lie; cases 67o a gal; lots of 250 gallons lo lesa WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 1e per lb; lio-lb lots. Se per lb; less lota IHa WIRE NAILS Present basis at 3 1. " BOSTON COPPEU M AR.KET. ; Boston. May 13. -Of flclal bid prices: Adventure . . 1T4 Giroux sm. Alloues ..... 27 U Atlantic 14 Copper Range 71 H Calr Hecla.659 Dal West... t Dora., Copper,' Hi C-.Eiy.. vS Gold HHl.....' Green :...;,.J Michigan ... 101 Mohawk . ... 50 No. Butte. ... 62 " Nevada Cons. 1141 Old Domintpn..38 Quincy .; 82' Shannon 12 H Tamarack 58 Victoria ...... 3H Winona- ,. su Wolverine ...134 . Butte Coala 24 Vi Trinity 1SH Parrot ...,,.21?i Nlpplssing lt Mass ,...-.!.... 82H 1 Vokon Gold Shares. ' ;v Vfw. .Xork May 18.Curb: Tko Gold, , at u 10 III II 10 AGAIN LEADER : -" " -' - ' i ? '""-' i . - - - i ri ' i-"" "C ' - Union Pacific Forces Eest of List to Highest roint - Since October. 1 - ..-i i- : - " , New Tork, May IS New-high records for the period since October liave been oroaen again witn toaay s aavancw. Union Pacific Northern Pacific and American Smelting shares were each put. higher than, for any session since the - financial crisis last fall ' and the market In most instance closed near the toi figures for the day. As during an or ins late traaing uarnman impr ests loomed up at the front and the upward movement started witn a mgn er nnta in Union Pacific : Tte advances in - tne leaaers at mo close today were; union f acme iv Northern. -Pciflo--4U:?-tr. Paul- "4 Southern Pacific k. Anaconda 1. Canadian Pacific lti. Colorado Fuel 1, Reading 1 H. Amalgamated , Ameri can smelter common rennsyivama 1L H. V. 1 n K TI. U, tarn KtAAl common , prererred vi. Range by Pownlng-Hopklns Co. f o 4 ES DESCRIPTION. ft. A il. Copper 65 Sugar 128 27 CoL Fuel & Iron. Brooklyn .... People's Oas . V, S. Steel, c. . U. 8. StecL pfd. Atchison Bait. & Ohio . Canadian Pac Erie 38 T4 101 1 169H 20 hi Louis, A Nash. Missouri Pac. 108V4 60i4 120 - Pennsylvania- .J Heading Rock Island . Southern Pac. 113 18 St. Paul Union Pacific Am. Smelter.. N. Y. Central. 75 10644 Northern Pacific 133 Anaconda 40H 17H Southern Ry. . . Great Northern Wabash, pfd... Ches. & Ohio. . R. I., pfd Smelter, pfd.... Hit 40 23H 87 99 100 Cotton Oil Am. Locomotive) Central Leather. Norfolk . Ontario Federal Smelter. Soo, c do prd j... Am. Woolens... Total sales, 860,800 shares. Monev .opened 1 Der cent: ht?h. ? per cent; iow; lVa per cent; close 1 per cent. - OF UP AND OTHERS DOWN San Francisco. May 13. Non clos- ng prices: GOLDFIELD DISTRICT. Sandstorm 30c. Red Too Ext. 13c. Co- umhia Ml 1c. Jumbo Ext. .13c. Silver Pick 19e. Black Butte Ext. Sc, Atlanta 22c, Great Bend 32c, Florence 33.62V4, Diam. B. B. Cons. 18c. Comb. Fraction 61c, F. Mohawk 16c, Red Hill 23c, Lou Dillon 3c. Yellow Tiger 10c, Y,How Rose lc. Col. Mt. Ext. 2c; Goldf. Cons. $5.75. . BUliLFROU mSTKlC1 ' . I.ige Harris lc. ,. ' ' - TONOPAH'DISTRICT. " Ton. Nevada ' $7.90, Ton. Montana 1.65. MacNftmara 26c, Ton. Belmont 1.07 Vi. Ton. North Star 12c, Jim But- er 27o. . . MANHATTAN DISTRICT. Little Joe lc. Granny 6c, Jumping Jack 4c- SCATTERED DISTRICT. Nevada Hills $2.10. Pittsburg Silver Peak $1.17H, Ragles' Nest-12c. BEST OAIS BRING A PREMIUM OF 5D CEHTS So much strength is displayed In the Portland . demand for oats that an ad vance of 6 tic was offered today on the board of trade for supplies of choice quality. , The meeting of the Produce Mer chant's association last night developed much strength for Oe board of trade. ami at the meeting tomorrow a large attendance was promised. The Produce association likewise agreed to maintain the 10 per cent commission on eggs and small shipments of butter, but the new rate will not go into effect until form ally passed upon by the board or trade. At the Produce Merchant's meeting a resolution was likewise passed indors ing the board of trade's efforts to se cure the daily receipts or produce nere, and the aid of the association was promised. The receipts of produce at the Port land depots during the past 24 hours, ending at 11 a. m. this morning were: 122 boxes asparagus, 66 boxes butter, 2 boxes California beans, 48 boxes cher ries, 38 coops chickens, 1 coop ducks, 155 cases eggs, 102 hogs, 24 mutton, 5 boxes rhubarb. 25 sacks peas, 97 veal, 1,299 crates strawberries. By boat 199 sacks potatoes, 172 sacks mixed .vegetables, 172 sacks beans, 30 crates cabbage, 10 crates cauliflower, 122 saeks onions. PRODUCE IN HAS FRAXCftcO. Another Sharp Decline in Red Onions With Larger Supplies. San Francisco, May 13. Butter (per pound) California fresh, extras, 23c; firsts, 22 He; seconds, 22c; packing, No. 1, 20c: do7No. 2, 19c. Eggs (per dozen) California fresh, including cases, extras, 20 He; firsts, 19Hc; seconds, 16Hc; thirds, 16c. New cheese (per pound) California flats, fancy, 12c; firsts, 11 He; seconds, 10Hc; California Young America,, fancy, ISHc; firsts, 13c; storage, eastern, fancy New York, 16c; Oregon, 14c. Potatoes (per cental) Oregon Bur banks, 90c1.15: River Whites, fancy, 40fa)85c; ne potatoes, 31.804(2; sweet potatoes, 13.50. Onions Bermpdas, II. 5001.60 per crate; Australian brown, 14 4-60 per crate; red onions, 31.2501.35. Oranges (per box) Navels, fancv, held at .12.75413; standard, 2.2o2.60; tangerines, 11.50 2. . m Liverpool, WheaAIarket. Liverpool. May 13. July wheat opened at 7s 8d. closed at 7s 7d, a net loss of d trfim yesterday. Today's Metal Market. New Tork, Mav 13. Metal prices. Copper, lake, 12H012ir; electrolytic, I2H124t castings. 12 H 12 He. : , Tgcoma "Wheat Market. Tscoma, May n.WheatExport: CIiiK la. hlnaatom rmti Ha. - , - - -1 --.--, - - --.-- (. UADD rlAf IIMHIVtl TOflOPAH Ruining Reputation of Oregon Erg$ Is the Annual Custom qf Eastern Effg Handlers Here and .Their Allies. SEHIffll HAS SUDDEN CHANGE Packers Not So Optimistic and Say Sheep Values ; Will Soon Drop. . PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RUN. . Hogs. Cattle. Sheep. Today 330 114 610 ' 285 27 1,798 lf 108 73; 145 1905 62 285 . 1.114 Portland Union Stockyards, May 13. While there is no change in any- live stock, values in the local yards today, it can be readily seen that sheep are being held to the uppermost limit by main force and that killers are not so anxious to buy as they were. While they are still paying the prices quoted in The Journal, they are disposed to be bearish In the views todav and there has been a sudden change in sentiment regarding the future. Hogs are holding quite firm at quoted figures, but all efforts to secure a slight advance in values have proven failures of late, simply because killers say they are unable to get any more money out of the packed tuff. Cattle are firm, with prices main tained under stress of small arrivals. A year ago for this day all lines were gathering weakness, but sales were made at unchanged figures. Today 12 horses arrived in the yards. Official yard list: Hogs Beet stuff, JfS.256.85; China fats, $6.006.26; feeders, $5.00(95.26. Cattle Fancy eastern Oregon steers, $5.00; medium, 1 4 .00 4.50 : best cows, $3.503.75; bulls, $2.503.00; Btags, $3.004.00. Sheep (sheared) Best wethers. $4.75 5.00; spring lambs. weighing 76 pounds, 15. 75 'a B OO ; ewes, $4.254.50; mixed, $4.50i&4.75. HOGS STEADY IN EAST. Receipts Are Not Heavy and Prices Are Still Ik'lng Maintained. Chicago, May 14. Livestock receipts: HOts. cattle. SheeD. Chicago 18,000 16,000 17,000 Kansas city 21.000 I8.000 io.ooo umana 12,000 3.800 Z.50U Hogs are stronir. Left over' yester- aay, x-suu Cattle and sheep, steady. BUYERS OFFER BUT 10 CENTS FOR WOOL (SpectnJ Dlspatrh t Ths lourmil. Boise, Idaho. May 13. P. J. Plaisted. traveling freight agent for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, has Just returned from a trip through Wyoming, where he was arranging for wool ship ments over his road. He says there is so much wool ready for market and not yet sold In that state, that warehouses at shipping points are too small to hoia all or this year s product and much ui n ia piled uui in vne open. 10 ciate nnt r. r-T ,-A .An .. i shipped out of that state. Wyoming sheepmen, as well as those of other states, are holding fcr better prices, while the eastern buyers are urlnir con signments, although willing to pay but 10 cents, which figure was offered at tne rirst or the season and which has. not gone higher since that time. He ! says the only wool shipped out of Idaho . tnus from and Severs rar tnis season was two carloads s " an uui enaiess variety oi S(.rve of-tne christian church Dr Wil Mountalnhoine and one from Bliss, things of wood rrodueed In American : lion, tti-- - n- t..." this was wool contracted last fll 1 1- n, , -., u 1 .... i.,u t. fi?i' ' tr. 1 eastern buyers are now in Boise , . . . . . Temnin Beth Israel- is7ni-in h sems tney are. not doln mch;'" -". -.. -no c-m a more auspicious time In which to j buy. It is estimated the Idaho output - - rt- J - -w uj T a 1 1 1 1 1 lur 1 this season will be In excess nf ttiaf of last year. CHICAGO WHEAT I I'LL. Slight Gain in the May Due to Profit Taking of Shorts. CHICAGO WHEAT VALUE8. ODen. Close Mav 12 Inn may iuo mow 100 H July 90 H sni 90 H 3 o pt hi so 87 Gain. Chicago, May 13. The slight advance in May wheat after an unchangd open ing was due -to the taking of profits by short, sellers who covered for the day. Weakness in July and September was due to the good crop reports' com ing and thi! losses In the price of wheat abroad. Corn was firm with a good advance, but oats and .irovlslons were dull and somewhat weak. Range by Do i ing-Hopkins Co.: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close. May H0 kmH 99 H 100H July HOH 89 H 89 Sept S7 fi7H 86 86 CORN. July 64H 644 64H 64H Sept 63 63 H 62 63 H OATS. July ;. 45H 45U 45 45H 3ept 8734 tlS 37H 87H MESS PORK. July 1S47 1350 1842 1847 Sept 1372 1375 1367 1372 Chicago Cash Barley. Chicago, May 13. Cash barley, 65 O 74c. Latest News of Oregon Crops County Fruit Inspector E. C. Arm strong, in discussing the outlook for fruit In Marlon county this' year, said that prunes are badly damaged In the lowlands and that there will be not more than half as many harvested as last year. Last year's cherry , crop the Inspector characterized as abnormal and said that this year's crop is verv fair and will be more than half that of last year. Pears give promise of a very good crop In most localities. It Is too early to tell much about apples, Mr. Armstrong said, but appearances indi cate that the crop will be good. Small fruit Is promising, also. Echo, May IS Dr. Henry Waldo Cos of Portland, who owns one half of the Furnish irrigation project near this city,, will set out the largest commer cial orchard in eastern Oregon this spring. He has purchased 80 acres un der the Furnish ditch and will set out the entire tract in peach and pear trees. The land Is now raw sagebrush land but It will be cultivated and sown in alfalfa before the trees ara set out. Freewater. Or.. May 13 The , first crate of ripe strawberries for the sea son was brought in yesterday by James Adraln, who' sold them to one of the locsl merchants for Slo for llm crate. This firnvsold them to the Bla-f Jut,, r r n vitiny&iiy . iu .nana, w a I la. t is expected that a great many berries will be rlne in the next few diva nrf th prlc promises to be auita hirh tar stne , weeks. HAWOII Oil AS I1IDEPEII0E1IT J udge Gantenbein Decides - His .Name Shall Go on 1 . the Ballot A. N. Hamilton's name will go on the ballot at the coming election .as an . in dependent candidate for railroad com missioner in the -second district in op position to Clyde B. Aitchtson, who de feated him in the Republican primaries, and Oglesby Young, the Democratic nominee. His right to file his petition with the county clerk was decided by Presiding Judge' Gantenbein in the circuit-court this morning, the court grant ing a mandate requiring that he be i given a place on the ballot. I Soon after the decision of the court was announced Hamilton filed his pe tition with County Clerk Fields, and he' will file a similar petition with each county clerk in the district. "Independ entImproved transportation facilities" are the words that Hamilton asks to have printed after his name. - n oeeiaing ine quasuon juage uan- tAnhftln fAmaplfatri that 1,1a n. , t . from difficulty, there being no pro-1 vision in the law of 1907 as to where petitions for nomination by Independent I candidates for railroad commissioners . shall be filed. Judge Gantenbein said , he had reached the conclusion that the , counties of the congressional district I compose an "electoral district," such -as mentioned by the law. The fact that i the boundaries of the railroad commls- j sioner districts are the same as those of the congressional districts does not i change the situation. The court also! pointed out that the law is to be con strued In favor of those running for office when, a point is in doubt. Hamilton first applied to the secre tary of state with his petition and was advised to go to the oounty clerk with It. As the law was silent on the mat ter. County Clerk Fields decided that it Vould bo best to refuse to receive the petition and have the matter judicially determined. It is expected that the de cision of the court will be accepted In ot-her counties of the district and that Hamilton will - have no - further diffi culties In getting on the ballot. BOY GLOBETROTTERS TROT A SHORT HEAT , , ' . ' . . I iwo iiai rnun si. iionni f ma ineir Wandering Course Stayed at Vancouver. (Special Tnipatrb to' The Joomil.) Vancouver, Wash., May 13. Becom ing tired of home life, which was far too slow, Clarence Coon and Herschel Chambers, 11-year-old boys of St. Johns, Oregon, were picked up here last even ing and this morning were returned to their homes. The young globe-trotters were fully equlnped for an extended Journey. Th5T had plenty of blankets, a coffee pot and when taken In charge were in the net! of purchasing erocerlea. At rir.t ih,v i tola the groceryman they had been sent 1 by their parents to get a sunnlv of ! groceries, but finally acknowledged ineir nome was at t. Johns. They are -vi ij. v.vuu nnu i. . nam - I hem THE WOODEN BARREL. ' rrmjt - -. tki. -.. 1 ri i run,e" ut This Country in Mil- tlons and Bold All Over World. From the New York Sun. " j v tin j Hi.ann a 11 iiivu and a half high up lo barrels 10 Inches i,in high. The biggest of them are turned with a hand manipulated tool. but those ranging from six inches downward are turned each with a cutting tool having an edge so formed that it turns the bar rel all at once. They set a block of wood in the lathe and adjust the cut ting tool and It turns the barrel into shape complete as quickly as a man turning one of the hoops on It; and' an the smallest barrels one man can tap three or four machines. These little barrels are sold In the aggregate in great numbers, millions of them yearly. A single tack manufac turing concern buys them in carload lots, 2,000 gross, or 288.000 barrels at a time t Irt'a t numhArs am nerl hv nnn. feetloners, who nil them with candv, ! and they are used to contain a bottle of: perfumery. Many are sold to be given away at fairs or in other wars, being filled with j a sample of a staple product of the re gion, perhaps of flour, or it might be of sugar. Many of them are made -with a slot cut in One end, or head, through which coins can be dropped, the little barrels in this form being used for sav- school teachers to I heir pupils to make collections fn for some specific purpose. Individual purchasers buy the little bar-, rels to use for buttoti boxes, and great i numoers or mem are soia ror toys. ; So In this country there are used : millions of them annually, and for all j the various uses to which the little bar rels are put they are exported In large numbers to countries all over the worhi. Thrifty French Peasantry. From bountry Life. The French peasant wastes nothing, leaves of trees are collected for bed ding for cattle and in years of leanness are used as fodder. He gathers the mushrooms of the fields and the edible fungi of the woods and finds a ready market for such waste products- a the nuta of the wayside haxels or the blackberries of the heaths. He snares small birds, whether famous for song or plumage. GRAIN IN SAN FRANCISCO. San Francisco. May 13. Merchants Exchange prices: Wheat May, I1.66H; December. Barley May, 11.48; December. I1.87A. Cajih wheat White Walla Walla. 11.70; red Russian. J1.67H: turkey red, I 81.75; bluestem. i i-- . Cash barley No. 1 bright. $1.484; brewing, 11.60. Cash oats No. 1 white, Jl 55. Millstuffs Bran, $31; middlings, 34; shorts, $32 per ton. Northwest Crop Weather. Western Oregon Cloudy with prob ably showers tonight and Thursday; westerly winds. Western Washington Showers to night and Thursday; southwest winds. Kastern Oregon Fair and warmer to night with probably light frost; Thurs day fair and warmer. Eastern Washington and northern Idaho Fair tonight;- Thursday fair and warmer. Southern IdahoFair tonight with probably light frost, cooler east portion; Thursday fair and warmer. Northwest Bank Statement. ; PORTLAND. ,. Clearings today . . .11.157.457.9") Year ago .............. . 1,319.607.93 Balances teaay ance, today M... j . .; s" " "'."!' I .".-' SEATTLE... , i ... ii ' Clearings . .-..... ... t4. 2 Balances I V-i ' ' TACOMA. : J v'- M .,...,.. j.ai Clearings A . ,$841,4 1 1 4 , . , Lakme auartet: addresses bv Mr Vt. v .." . ; ; tf i 30 YEARS OF HELPFULNESS Seamen's Friends Society Celebrates Anniversary by an Entertainment. The 30th anniversary qf the Portland Seamen's Friends society was cele brated last night at the Taylor Street Methodist Episcopal church, where the society was organized in 1878. There was a good attendance of people Inter - ested In the work and many of the min - Isters of the Citv were there in nt-nniNfl .......... , ciiv OLiyi'Ul t UJL II1C1I congregations. The society has not always been In active form since Its organijatinri t" "a' "S a, S? Rev. E. H. Roper. years ago it was suspended because of ' hJ fS;) V pi .......,., uiuiouuici, ana mijy iwu ; tickets to the aistnct aixorney or njp- ago Rev. E. H. Roper of Boston, came : body else. Then he said that there was here to reorganize the work under the Brna'jip..ix in town and if he did not get direction of the New York society, the ; tn tlcketa he would arrest the sideshow oldest and largest In the country. In i,Mrf,.lni.n and have them fumigated. rieV h.ore l, . f W, Portland so- . i o,8. entertained 3b 000 sailors f rom all parts of the world and nas given two concerts weekly to about 200 sailors at each meeting. Literature has been iirmrnm. ,-.. . Kn t,i- rurnisneil them In the reading rooms, ..-'. " " i . . f nteriainmeni and everything possinie ' has been done to Interest them so that; they may not be templet to spend their time in the saloons while they are ashore. The captain of one vessel : wrote Mr. Roper after he had reached his home port that he took his sailors away from Portland In better shnpe and with more money In their pockets than from an,y other port he had visited, and that there had Deen no jlesertlons here because his men had met with kindly home trentment at the society's rooms at Third and Glisan streets. The work is non-sectarian and many people have interested themselves In the mission. It Is the aim to make this the headauarters for the work of the entire Pacific coast. The following program was given last night at the church: Invocation, Dr. Benjamin Young; "The Rnllnr'a DirlitmHi " T.nnia , 11 1 t i . MMTS. Alfll iwrs. Mnv Liearoorne ecowao, miss; cn .'v - - - -Ethel Lytle, Miss Petronella Connelly. Uff's office, and said he was Just th Mrs. w. a. 1. tiusnong) address or I im uriii. j-o iii.ua ui wun welcome, E. Quackenbush, president I talk as Maher, but I think they were Portland Seamen s Friends society; Pro- acting independently, at leaat until they fessor Wllder's male chorus, (a) 'The ran into each other at the fair grounds. Boys of the Old Brigade." (b) "Rocked Wagner said he would have the side In the Cradle of the Deep"; address, shows fumigated and arrest everybody Kev. it,, ri. rtoper, cnapiain or mo Sea - i men's Friends society; "Lest We Forget,' OJ c, of r Norweg,a- .SijV Horns Ivll WILL SFE JUSTICE IS DONE TO MARTIN Friend of Prisoner's Parents Visits Him at the Coun ty Jail. ,, . ..... Kdward II. Martin, suspected slaves of Nathan Wolff, lias one champion In th eri,on F-.lwRr(i r.-n-iii . ,ne er80n or Edward Campbell of San Jose, who toured the Nile river last January with young Martin's parents. Mr. Campbell, who Is a pioneer of the Oregon country, immediately after he arrived In Portland yesterday, went to the county Jail to comfort the alleged murdYrer. Although he had never heard or Martin before, the verv fact that he khh a son of the people he traveled with In Egypt compelled him to seek the voung man. "i naVe never met nicer people than the Martins,' said Mr. Campbell at the Oregofo thla morning. V e left Naples together late last Decern Der ana en Joyed a pleasant Journey together up the Nile river. I was thrown into the company of Mr. and Mrs. Martin a good part of a month and we grew to be fast friends. They are quiet, dignified peo ple, and while thev appeared to have plenty of means, did not muke the un seemly display of many Americans who are 'doing' Europe. "We never discussed family affairs, and I had no Idea that thev had a son until 1 read In the dispatches of the murder and that the suspected man was related to my new fdund friends. I left the Martins at Alexandria. They Intended making a tour of the Holy Land, and would probably have gone also to Constantinople. Cholera in that portion of Egypt at the time kept me from making the trip with them. They planned to be back, in New York ty June 1 and I. who Intended returning about June 15, had agreed to visit thera at their home in Albany, New York. Business compelled me to return sooner than I anticipated. "But the Martins are admirable peo ple and I shall do everything in my power to see justice done their son. I visited him yesterday and when 1 told him of my acquaintance with his par ents he almost cried for happiness. He doesn't look like a criminal and until he is proved guilty I shall not rest in my efforts to protect him. "I am going to visit him again this afternoon and shall then learn what plans he has outlined-for his defense. I shall also visit .the prominent mem bers of the Spanish-American War Veterans and take up the matter of counsel with them. x, Even It I have to go to the expense myself I shall fee that he is properly represented. i "Young Martin is alone,' without friends and with a bad reputation. There is no sentiment in this, matter with me. The prosecution of this case so far ts shocking to my sense of jus tice; It is outlandish. To -deprive that boy of the dru he if addicted to in an effort to get him to confess is outrag eous, it Is worse than the inquisition 'Ton't b?He "he is guilty:. . There are some strange idrcumstaneea con- nected with this case, which should be metnod i we years ago. probed td the bottom before It comes tn ihope - to have his defense in workl trim . . K.rnr. tna r i .n.ii shape and will give him the best erlr $ mat jri inn can oa procured nere , 80 TICKETS AT -P. Xorris & Itowe Tell of Ex perience .With District Attorney's Detective . There were no complimentary tickets' doled out to th district attorney's of fice nor to the willing hands of Con stable Lou Wagner while the' circus was In town. That this lamented condition of 1 affairs obtained wa not the fault of 1 Patrick Maher, private detective, nor T 1 1 .....! ... lir,..ln. n T n,. Wagner, constable. District Attorney Manning says wlto most emphatic vocabulary that if Maher made any demands on the show people he did it without his knowledge or Con sent, and says that' If he had known that nnvthlnsr of the kind was going to happen he would have, fired Malier I before the detective 4iad a chance to I attempt to get in his graft. Mr, Man ning also says ttie taie tnac ne asuea 1 Maher to have the 23 circus clowns electioneer for him ts a malicious He, and he adds- some qualifying expres sions which cannot be reproduced out Side of Shakespeare Oir a regal docu ment The story, vouched for by J. H. Fitzpatrick, business representative of the Norris & Rowe circus, is as follows: What Olrcns People Say. "Miher tleut nnme In ma RlindsV night at the Imperial 'hotel," said Mr, Fitzpatrick yesterday. "He said that Mr. Manning had Just telephoned him for thw second time to auk about the clowns Hn said Manning had asked him to speak to the circus people about it, and Just before he came to me Man ning hid called him up to ask if be had attended to the matter. He said Man ning wanted the clowns to say funny things about Manning and the bankers and to mix up the names of Manning and J. Thorburn Ross. I told him we would think about it. The request was re peated several times. . "Monday morning, about 11 o'clock. Maher came to see me at the Imperial. In the presence of W. A. Shannon, man ager of the sideshows, he said he came from Manning, and that he wanted SO tickets for the district attorney's of fice. When I -demurred- he- said- he Kn.. th, T tnM Vllm Wft had a legitimate business, that we had nut, nu- li,enA end wera under no ab ligations to give away $80 worth of ( fj g ld. that 80 tickets would square an vtMng except murder and highwsy i rf,hhPPV rebberv. Maher Backed Down. "H did not aet the tickets. I told : him wn wfitfl not here to commit crime ,,j . .. v.ioni,.ii i r- ' " - V A ter that Maher hunted up H. S. Kowe 1 Mr. Rowe told him the same thing, denouncing htm as a blackmailer. Later In the afternoon Maher came back and apologlred. He eviaenuy naa Been light somewhere in the sky. We have been coming to Portland for years and Mr. Norris and Mr. Rowe are well known here. We are not highwaymen, and we did not etpect to meet highway men.'' ' - The circus neonle had another en- ! counter along the same lines with Con 'stable Lou Wagner, according to Mr. Fitzpatrick; Wagner did not Send a deputy, but made his demands and threats in person, visiting the show , grounds for the purpose, as Mr. Vita Patrick relates. Lou Wagner Also on Hand. "Wagner demanded 100 tickets. He 1 conneciea witn mem, manager onaii- I non of the sideshows told him to go anead, as tnat would be a great ad vertisement for the show, and told him It would no doubt be a fine ad for the town also, to spread the smallpox: news to all the other towns in the northwest. Wagner went to sea Mr. Norris also, and was told that the show would not be blackmailed. Wagner went away in a huff and said he would come back with warrants for us. . We did not see him avain. ! . "We are trying to do business on the square, and it is discouraging to meet a tot or pirates. we pay as we go. and it seems to me that such things as these ought to be told, so the-people at large will know about it. Many people already know, in faot. as they have overheard the talk between Maher and Wagner and our men at different times." Maher says he did not do It mil's cum Capture Will Not Affect the Work on the Wolff Case, , However, In speaking of the arrest ofthe gas pipe thug this morning Captain Baty said: v i-',:' .if-:'';''?'" "The capture of the gas-ptpe thug, this morning will in no wise affect tha working and evidence gathered in th Wolff case against Martin. There la apparently no doubt but that the man arrested this morning also committed the attacks on Neumen and Hermann." The description of the man arrested this morning tallies exactly with tha description of tha man seen leaving Neumen's store shortly after ths second hand dealer was- assaulted, s -given by -an Italian and printed la yesterday's Journal, COLUMBIA DELEGATES HOLD CONSULTATION - 1 . (Special Dispatch te The tarsal. ) ' St Helens., Or., May . 13 Columbia county's delegates to th t -Rn,,h lican convention ara In consultation this afternoon In the endeavor to agree--en the position to be assumed by the dele gation ia - the- convention at : Portland tomorrow - with regard to presidential instructions. Tha Bourne forces have made a strenuous fight in Columbia. The following ara the delegates: U. B. Watts, J, B. Doan, J. Warren . Quick, Albert ' Freeman and F. D. Sutherland. ' It la understood ths majority are fur Taft. . MUSICAL PE0GHA3L T It BsnAsred at the Create Store , . Thursday aftaraoon. ' The following program wilt be ren dered at the Haselwood Cream gtr, 188-80 Washington street, ThuraHtay afternoon, between the hours of 4 and 'lock: Selection from Rlgqletto ........... . .Verdl-Pltraprto . Contralto solo, "A Dream'' . ......... nrtlett -U .l:l Miss Bosttia M'lnfmh. Caprice d I Concert, "Ufa's Llni tfr Hours". ,., Vi- . ;l Trio for myrimbaphones. . ; where'. Hrrl s . -r ' Irlmm. Pratti Timin;im n t -n. iContralta sulo, "A I'rettv ) ri ' i I . , Wang) M a - ( . ? Ml Rosin ".1 lui i ymposia viuM. ......... f. r ! , i f II icon-1 t'